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English noun: farm | |||
| 1. | farm (artifact) workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit | ||
| Samples | It takes several people to work the farm. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | work, workplace | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cattle farm, cattle ranch, chicken farm, croft, dairy, dairy farm, farm-place, farmplace, farmstead, grange, home-farm, pig farm, piggery, ranch, sewage farm, sheeprun, sheepwalk, spread, stud farm, truck farm, truck garden, vinery, vineyard | ||
| Part holonym | farmhouse, farmyard | ||
English verb: farm | |||
| 1. | farm (social) be a farmer; work as a farmer | ||
| Samples | My son is farming in California. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do work, work | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ranch | ||
| 2. | farm (possession) collect fees or profits | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | collect, take in | ||
| 3. | farm (creation) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | ||
| Samples | The Bordeaux region produces great red wines. They produce good ham in Parma. We grow wheat here. We raise hogs here. | ||
| Synonyms | grow, produce, raise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cultivate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carry, keep, overproduce | ||
| Domain category | agriculture, farming, husbandry | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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